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Constructivist theories of learning usually agree on two central ideas. One central idea states that social
interactions are important in the process of constructing knowledge. What is the other central idea? -
correct answer ✔✔Learners are active in constructing their own knowledge.
Which of the following is best described Piaget's concept of schemes? - correct answer ✔✔How one
thinks about the objects and events in the world.
When an individual's existing understanding no longer fits his or her present experiences, the result is
called - correct answer ✔✔Disequilibrium
Imaginary audience and the personal fable are expressions of adolescent: - correct answer
✔✔egocentrism
Which of the following is the BEST example of the adolescent's ability to think hypothetically? - correct
answer ✔✔Thirteen-year-old Josh delights in finding logical flaws in virtually everything his teachers and
parents say
In Vygotsky's theory - correct answer ✔✔Language is the most important psychological tool that
influences children's cognitive development.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) represents - correct answer ✔✔a range of tasks that students can
learn from guidance and assistance of teachers
According to Vygotsky, the heart of cognitive development is - correct answer ✔✔social interactions
with more-skilled individuals
According to Vygotsky, private speech is - correct answer ✔✔used to regulate behavior
, Professor Iverson believes the computer, and how it processes data, is an excellent model for studying
human thinking. Professor Iverson is evidently a proponent of which theory? - correct answer
✔✔Information-processing
The three steps in memory processes are - correct answer ✔✔1.encoding
2.storage
3.retrieval
Procedural and declarative memories are the types of: - correct answer ✔✔long-term memory
What is the key to unlock the short-term memory system and get information into memory? - correct
answer ✔✔Attention
Which of the following teachers is using cueing and prompting? - correct answer ✔✔"What part of the
task are you going to do first? I hope you remember the steps in the process."
Mark cannot remember the name of his friend who went to preschool with him. Which of the following
can best explains Mark's failure to remember his friend's name? - correct answer ✔✔Decay theory
One way to improve memory is to connect new information to what one already knows. This process is
called - correct answer ✔✔Elaboration
Knowing that many students are overwhelmed with the final paper, Mr. Kim suggests the students set
the date to submit the paper, then set the date they should start working. The strategy that starts with
the goal and moves backward to solve the problem is called - correct answer ✔✔Working-backward
strategy
Mr. Greens instructs students in class to quiet down and claps three times. After saying "Quiet down"
and clapping 3 times for two weeks, Mr. Greens does not have to say "Quiet down" anymore. The
students learned to quiet down when Mr. Greens claps 3 times. What type of learning does this example
illustrate? - correct answer ✔✔Classical conditioning
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